[meteorite-list] crop circles.....ho ho ho!!
From: mark ford <markf_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue May 2 12:00:43 2006 Message-ID: <6CE3EEEFE92F4B4085B0E086B2941B3150921E_at_s-southern01.s-southern.com> Indeed. - But things have moved on since the early days see http://www.circlemakers.org/ It's basically just another form of graffiti, i.e mindless criminal damage, but hey, it sells books etc .... Mark Ford -----Original Message----- From: meteorite-list-bounces_at_meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces_at_meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Dave Harris Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 6:07 PM To: metlist Subject: [meteorite-list] crop circles.....ho ho ho!! Hi folks, .always makes me laugh, these poor deluded souls who believe that crop circles are some sort of "phenomena". Truth is, it was a stunt set up in the Eighties by two oldish chaps (sadly one since passed away) in a pub in Wiltshire in southern England, not far from where I live, which is why they always used to appear in cornfields here down south in UK. I have seen why they did them ("a p*ssed-up prank after the pubs were shut") seen them demonstrate how they make them, and know that they have told hundreds of people how to make them - the basics required are a metre of 4 by 2 wood and a piece of rope attached to each end and a sense of humour. I have seen these guys put together the most remarkable "symbols" in a matter of about an hour - on their own admission, the really complicated ones would take an night to do, so if they wanted several to appear simultaneously, they would get a posse together to go to other fields. Surely one of the greatest hoaxes ever pulled - and what makes it even funnier is the fact that there are people out there who STILL believe that there are "other forces at work....". The sad side is was that it DID damage the farmers' crops, and the wandering space hippies and pseudo scientists that traipsed in with their divining rods and magnetometers &c. didn't exactly help! Humans will grab at any sort of 'Deus ex Machina' won't they? Just my 2 cosmic vibes' worth.... dave IMCA #0092 ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Received on Tue 02 May 2006 05:40:24 AM PDT |
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